science timeline

  • 1100 BCE

    Navigation by Stars

    When travelers by sea or land started using stars to guide them.
  • 500 BCE

    First Star Maps

    When ancient astronomers started making maps of the stars.
  • 270 BCE

    Sun Centre View

    When astronomers first started the idea of the sun being at the center of the galaxy.
  • 350

    First Female Astronomer

    The start of both genders working together in astronomy.
  • 600

    First Idea of Gravity

  • 1050

    A New Star

    Astronomers all around the world observed a new star.
  • First Telescopes

    This is when the first telescopes were made and used.
  • Halley's Comet

    The discovery of Halley's Comet
  • Newton's Law of Gravity

  • The Discovery of the Ice Giants

  • Discovery of the Asteroid Belt

  • A New Element; Helium

    The Discovery of Helium
  • Pluto is Demoted

    After the new classification of planet; dwarf planets; Pluto is put in that category.
  • First Image of a Black Hole.

    First photo of a black is taken.